artists a-z

We Love The Eighties

E.T., Jem, Polka dots, He-man, Neon fashion, slap bracelets, Popples, the brat pack, 8-bit video games - everybody’s favorite decade brought a flood of colorful, cheeky new trends to the pop culture table. The Nintendo company was born in the 1980’s. This was also the decade that “Video Killed the Radio Star” (as the Buggles put it ever so eloquently). Whether you grew up listening to 80’s music, were already old when the 80’s passed and are trying to remain (as Alphaville put it) “Forever Young” or weren’t even yet a twinkle in your father’s eye during the 1980’s and are just now discovering the original music that has helped to inspire a new generation of musicians, these downloads are for you! Remember when MTV was actually played what the name suggests— Music Television? This decade covered so many different kinds of music and we have it all! From early MTV generation artists like Devo to “hair metal bands” like Van Halen to early hip hop artists like Grandmaster Flash to hardcore punk bands like the Dead Kennedys to new wave artists like Echo & the Bunnymen, the Psychedelic Furs and OMD (which, did you know, is short for Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark?). Come join the pack and embrace your inner brat. With any number of these ring tones on your phone will surely “rock this town” Even if you were an Anthony Michael Hall-like geek in the 1980’s, surely you agree with Mr. Stephen Patrick Morrssey’s sentiment—“I can smile about it now but at the time it was terrible.”